Only 21% of voters nationwide support a plan for the government to bail out General Motors as part of a structured bankruptcy plan to keep the troubled auto giant in business.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 67% are opposed to a plan that would provide GM with $50 billion in funding and give the government a 70% ownership interest in the company.
Even when presented with the stark choice between providing government funding or letting GM go out of business, only 32% of voters support the bailout. Most voters (56%) say it would be better to let GM go out of business.
Sometimes, we don’t get the government we deserve.
Sometimes, we don’t get the government we deserve.
I gotta disagree with you there.
People voted for Obama even though they coulnd’t tell you one thing he stood for.
As that great poet/statesman/philosopher/Plow King, Homer Simpson, once said, “It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.”
Sometimes?
“Sometimes, we don’t get the government we deserve.”
Many of these same people who are against the GM bailout voted enthusiastically for Barack Obama. There is also little doubt that they still believe the president is doing a wonderful job! The rest of us are forced to suffer because of their laziness. It apparently isn’t worth the bother for them to get their act together.
Even Lincoln noted that you can fool all of the people some of the time. That’s what happened here. He also noted that when the voters back too close to a hot fire, they may have to put up with scorched britches for a while. Remember that Carter was a one term president.
The critical political point is to ensure that we can have free and fair elections in 2010 and 2012 so that the people can rectify their mistakes.
All that proves is that 52% of those who voted in last November’s election deserve the government we’re getting.
Can anyone name one policy of the Obama administration or the Democratic congress that has polled well? Yet Obama remains popular. I believe the word we are looking for is “disconnect.” (or hopelessly ignorant)
McGehee, I thought you were my friend.
You were supposed to fix my spelling error when you quoted me. I woudl do it for you.
Oops. Usually I do fix those, but I guess I missed that one. Sorry.
You know, I try to comment in the spirit of the blog. At IMAO, I’m rarely serious, here, I try to be funnily serious. I also try to give others straight lines so they can be funny too.
I thought that one was good. I mean, I misspelled “would” and expected McGehee to quote me without fixing it.
That could have resulted in a somewhat funny exchange.
Now? Not so much.